Rising Spin (Demo)
A downloadable game for Windows and Android
A table tennis story RPG with anime flair. Free demo. Real spin, real timing, a club full of rivals and one kid from a basement on his way up. |
I've been a table tennis player for most of my life. I'm also a sports anime fan and a die-hard fan of sports RPGs. Every time I wished for one game that brings all three together, I couldn't find it. So I'm building it myself: the game I always wanted to play.
Rising Spin follows Dave, a kid from a club basement, on his way up through leagues, rivals and special shots. It's a story you walk through, talk your way into and then actually play at the table: with real spin, real timing, and a club full of characters who feel like the ones from my own gym.
What's in the demo
📖 Chapter 1 From the basement to the club championship, up to the group stage. | ⏱️ About 45 minutes On a first run, with story scenes, training and matches. |
🏓 Matches and mini games Training drills, first rivals, real table tennis. | 🎬 A cliffhanger ending The demo ends right before the semifinal. |
Features
🌀 Real spin Topspin, block, push and tight timing windows. | ⚡ Special shots Each with its own animation. |
🏆 Story and league A club, rivals, friends, a long way up. | 🎮 Play your way Keyboard, controller or touch. Same game on PC and phone. |
Controls
PC Move: WASD Arrows Talk / confirm: J Enter E Run: K Shift Attack J · Safe shot K · Special Space L Menu Esc · Fullscreen Alt+Enter | Controller and phone Controller: A attack · B safe shot · X Y special · Start pause Android: touch controls on screen, no setup needed. All keys can be rebound under Options > Controls. |
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A note on AI
I'm a solo developer, and I want to be upfront about how this game is made. The game design, the characters, the world and the whole direction come from my own table tennis life. I use AI tools as part of my workflow for artwork, animated intros, music, sound effects, dialogue and as a coding assistant. Dialogue is written together with AI, but I steer every scene: I set the story, the characters and the jokes, and I rewrite or throw out whatever doesn't feel right. None of it is dropped in as it comes: every scene, every image and every song is picked, reworked and put together by me by hand, with a lot of love for the sport and for the story. Without these tools, a one-person project like this would not be possible. |
Your feedback matters
This is an early demo, and I read everything. Bugs, balance, "I got stuck here", "this made me laugh": please tell me in the comments or on Discord.
Steam: the store page is coming soon.
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